Hey Cptn Vortex, enaberif or someone else, my dad's in the same situation and does a lot of cad work and his workers do a fair bit of 3d rendering 4d cinema and a whole bunch of other stuff and he is also setting up some or a new work station. I was wondering what the advantage of the workstation cards are, they dont seem like there worth it but i dont know anything about them. Can someone explain please.

This is a bit over simpified but...
Gaming cards are made to render images fast (FPS) and if the odd mistake is made it flys by and you don't notice it. Workstation cards are made to be extremely accurate. If you are designing in CAD you need that accuracy. When you draw something in CAD and then go to dimension it the lines need to be exactly where they are supposed to be. I wish I could explain better but please look into it more. If it's for CAD get a card that was designed for it. Especially for a bussiness.

Yes. It is like comparing a Uzi to a Sniper rifle. Yes, and Uzi shoots lots of bullets really fast, but they are no where near accurate. In CAD work, doing proper renders and calculations is most important, therefore the Workstation cards get the job done much faster, as there is less correcting of errors going on.

And yes, they 570 will handle dual 30" monitors if you want. up to 2560x1600 res each.

Yes. It is like comparing a Uzi to a Sniper rifle. Yes, and Uzi shoots lots of bullets really fast, but they are no where near accurate. In CAD work, doing proper renders and calculations is most important, therefore the Workstation cards get the job done much faster, as there is less correcting of errors going on.

And yes, they 570 will handle dual 30" monitors if you want. up to 2560x1600 res each.

Could I be like the spy in Team Fortress 2 and have both?
I kid, you've sold me on the workstation graphics cards.
I'll pass that along to Dad and his co-workers and see how they feel about it. (They had happily settled on the 9800GTX)

The FX 570 would KILL the 9800GTX in CAD work. Like I said, get a big powerful Uzi, and it still wont have the accuracy of a basic Sniper rifle!

Oh FFS! The three Quadro FX570s arrived and I went to install one, only to find (to my considerable dismay) that they are already in every PC in this office!
They are in fact what people are trying to upgrade away from, and they are certainly not gods gift to 3d rendering!
I will now be returning them to Dell. Does anyone have any other bright ideas?